synopsis

Charlie Chaplin’s final film is a delightful romantic comedy, filled with the clever touches for which he’s famous. Written, directed and composed by Chaplin, it revolves around Russian emigre countess Natascha (Sophia Loren), forced into prostitution in Hong Kong, who stows away in wealthy American Ogden’s (Marlon Brando’s) stateroom to blackmail her way to the States. Since Ogden has a mind of his own, and can even resist Natascha’s charms, what follows is one of the funniest tugs of war ever devised!